Meanings
nounsocial network (plural social networks)
plural social networks
- collectivehuman sciencesA network of personal or business contacts, built and updated by social networking (human interactions of all types); (now especially, since 2000s) such a network as facilitated by the Internet via social networking (digital services that aid it).
Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.
2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 601 more example
The social network of interest in this volume is the personal social network that is centered on a particular child. Definitions of social network draw attention to the ties or linkages that connect individuals (and sometimes groups or institutions)—linkages that can be conduits for diverse resources.
1989, Deborah Belle, Children's Social Networks and Social Supports, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 1 - InternetA service allowing users to manage and interact with their network of friends or contacts on the Internet. (Called a social network application in precise usage that reserves social network to its original sense.)
The trends in recent years have focussed on online social networks, in which the social network is enabled as an internet application. Some examples of such networks are Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
2011, Charu C. Aggarwal, Social Network Data Analytics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page xiii
Translations
Afrikaans sosiale netwerk
- sosiale netwerknetwork of personal or business contacts
Arabic شَبَكَة اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة
- شَبَكَة اِجْتِمَاعِيَّة (šabaka ijtimāʕiyya)network of personal or business contacts
Bengali সামাজিক জালব্যবস্থা
- সামাজিক জালব্যবস্থা (śamajik jalobbobostha)network of personal or business contacts
Bulgarian социа́лна мре́жа, соцмре́жа
- социа́лна мре́жа (sociálna mréža)network of personal or business contacts
- соцмре́жа (socmréža)network of personal or business contacts
Catalan xarxa social, xarxa social
- xarxa socialnetwork of personal or business contacts
- xarxa socialsocial network service on the Internet
Chinese Cantonese 社會網絡 /社会网络
- 社會網絡 /社会网络network of personal or business contacts
Chinese Mandarin 社會網絡 /社会网络
- 社會網絡 /社会网络 (shèhuì wǎngluò)network of personal or business contacts
Czech sociální síť
- sociální síťnetwork of personal or business contacts
Danish socialt netværk
- socialt netværknetwork of personal or business contacts
Dutch sociaal netwerk
- sociaal netwerknetwork of personal or business contacts
Esperanto interkona retejo, socia retejo
- interkona retejonetwork of personal or business contacts
- socia retejonetwork of personal or business contacts
Estonian sotsiaalvõrgustik
- sotsiaalvõrgustiknetwork of personal or business contacts
Finnish sosiaalinen verkosto
- sosiaalinen verkostonetwork of personal or business contacts
French réseau social, réseau social
- réseau socialnetwork of personal or business contacts
- réseau socialsocial network service on the Internet
German soziales Netzwerk, Social Network
- soziales Netzwerknetwork of personal or business contacts
- Social Networknetwork of personal or business contacts
- Social Networksocial network service on the Internet
- soziales Netzwerksocial network service on the Internet
Greek κοινωνικό δίκτυο
- κοινωνικό δίκτυο (koinonikó díktyo)network of personal or business contacts
Hebrew רֶשֶׁת חֶבְרָתִית
- רֶשֶׁת חֶבְרָתִית (réshet khevratít)network of personal or business contacts
Hindi सोशल नेटवर्क, सामाजिक जालक्रम
- सोशल नेटवर्क (sośal neṭvark)network of personal or business contacts
- सामाजिक जालक्रम (sāmājik jālakram)network of personal or business contacts
Hungarian közösségi hálózat
- közösségi hálózatnetwork of personal or business contacts
Icelandic félagslegt net
- félagslegt netnetwork of personal or business contacts
Indonesian jejaring sosial
- jejaring sosialnetwork of personal or business contacts
Irish líonra sóisialta
- líonra sóisialtanetwork of personal or business contacts
Italian social network, rete sociale
- social networknetwork of personal or business contacts
- rete socialenetwork of personal or business contacts
- social networksocial network service on the Internet
- rete socialesocial network service on the Internet
Japanese 社会的ネットワーク, 社会ネットワーク
- 社会的ネットワーク (shakaiteki nettowāku)network of personal or business contacts
- 社会ネットワーク (shakai nettowāku)network of personal or business contacts
- ソーシャルネットワーク (sōsharu nettowāku)network of personal or business contacts
Korean 사회 연결망, 소셜 네트워크
- 사회 연결망 (sahoe yeon'gyeolmang)network of personal or business contacts
- 소셜 네트워크 (sosyeol neteuwokeu)network of personal or business contacts
Latvian sociālais tīkls
- sociālais tīklsnetwork of personal or business contacts
Lithuanian socialinis tinklas
- socialinis tinklasnetwork of personal or business contacts
Malay rangkaian sosial
- rangkaian sosialnetwork of personal or business contacts
Māori kōtuinga pāpori
- kōtuinga pāporinetwork of personal or business contacts
Norwegian Bokmål sosialt nettverk
- sosialt nettverknetwork of personal or business contacts
Polish sieć społeczna, sieć społecznościowa
- sieć społecznanetwork of personal or business contacts
- sieć społecznościowasocial network service on the Internet
Portuguese rede social, rede social
- rede socialnetwork of personal or business contacts
- rede socialsocial network service on the Internet
Romanian rețea socială
- rețea socialănetwork of personal or business contacts
Russian социа́льная сеть, соцсе́ть
- социа́льная сеть (sociálʹnaja setʹ)network of personal or business contacts
- соцсе́ть (socsétʹ)network of personal or business contacts
- социа́льная сеть (sociálʹnaja setʹ)social network service on the Internet
- соцсе́ть (socsétʹ)social network service on the Internet
Slovak sociálna sieť
- sociálna sieťnetwork of personal or business contacts
Spanish red social, red social
- red socialnetwork of personal or business contacts
- red socialsocial network service on the Internet
Swahili mtandao wa pamoja, mtandao wa kijamii
- mtandao wa pamojanetwork of personal or business contacts
- mtandao wa kijamiisocial network service on the Internet
Swedish socialt nätverk
- socialt nätverknetwork of personal or business contacts
Tagalog ulnunging kabalagan
- ulnunging kabalagannetwork of personal or business contacts
Thai เครือข่ายสังคม
- เครือข่ายสังคม (krʉʉa-kàai-sǎng-kom)network of personal or business contacts
Turkish sosyal ağ
- sosyal ağnetwork of personal or business contacts
Ukrainian соціа́льна мере́жа, соцмере́жа
- соціа́льна мере́жа (sociálʹna meréža)network of personal or business contacts
- соцмере́жа (socmeréža)network of personal or business contacts
- соціа́льна мере́жа (sociálʹna meréža)social network service on the Internet
- соцмере́жа (socmeréža)social network service on the Internet
Urdu سوشَل نیٹ وَرْک, اِجْتِماعی شَبَکَہ
- سوشَل نیٹ وَرْک (sośal neṭ vark)network of personal or business contacts
- اِجْتِماعی شَبَکَہ (ijtimā'ī śabaka)network of personal or business contacts
- سَماجی رابِطَہ کاری (samājī rābita kārī)network of personal or business contacts
Vietnamese mạng lưới xã hội
- mạng lưới xã hộinetwork of personal or business contacts
Cite this entry
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social network. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20network
MLA
“social network.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20network. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social network,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20network.
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